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KING COUNTY v. TAXPAYERS OF KING COUNTY

No. 65062-4.

949 P.2d 1260 (1997)

133 Wash.2d 584

KING COUNTY, Respondent, v. TAXPAYERS OF KING COUNTY, Appellants, and Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District, Intervenor/Respondent, and John Scannell, Vince Koskela and Frank Ruano, et al., Intervenors/Appellants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 13, 1997.

As Amended October 9, and December 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Montgomery, Purdue, Blankinship & Austin, John D. Blankinship, Seattle, Kris J. Sundberg, Mercer Island, for Appellant Taxpayers of King County.

John Scannell, Seattle, pro se.

Carl B. Nelson, Seattle, pro se.

William Severson, Seattle, pro se.

Norm Maleng, King County Prosecutor, Susan Slonecker, Kendall H. Moore, Mary I. Yu, Quentin R. Yerxa, Deputies, for Respondent King County.

Preston, Gates & Ellis, Paul Lawrence, Larry Carter, Seattle, for respondent Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District.

Bart J. Waldman, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of the Baseball Club of Seattle, L.P.

Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, William B. Collins, Asst., Jeffrey T. Even, Asst., Olympia, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of the State of Washington.

TALMADGE, Justice.

This is the third of a series of challenges to state legislation and local implementing ordinances for financing and constructing a new baseball stadium in King County. We are asked in this action to determine if King County's issuance of $336 million in bonds to finance stadium construction is "valid" under RCW 7.25. To determine validity, we must decide if the lease between the Mariners and the public...

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